Approved as
amended by and consistent with NSF's memo to OMB of 8/24/98. In
addition, NSF agrees to the following terms: 1) NSF will revise the
instructions in Appendix A to indicate that for those respondents
who submit proposals through the Fastlane electronic process, no
additional paper copies need be submitted. 2) NSF will continue to
investigate the different alternative strategies to the requirement
that respondents submit more than the orgibal plus two copies of a
proposal. 3) NSF will continue to work towards eliminating requests
for institution EIN and/or TIN in favor of the D-U-N-S number. 4)
NSF will continue its efforts to increase the percentage of
respondents that submit proposals electronically, above and beyond
the goals set out in NSF's GPRA plan. 5) OMB notes that consistent
with NSF's response #2 in the 8/24 memo, this approval will last
for 1 year.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
09/30/1999
09/30/1999
05/31/2000
30,000
0
38,000
3,600,000
0
4,564,000
0
0
0
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